πέραν peran

Greek word for “other side” · Strong’s G4008 · used 23 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

πέραν; adv.; on the other side, across (usually with the idea of water lying between);

How it is translated

Glosses given for peran in context, with how often each is used:

• other side 12
• beyond 8
• over 2
• across 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 6 (4), Matthew 4 (2), Matthew 8 (2), Mark 5 (2), Matthew 14 (1), Matthew 16 (1), Matthew 19 (1), Mark 3 (1), Mark 4 (1), Mark 6 (1)

Forms

• πέραν 23

Words used with it

Words that share verses with peran more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Ἰορδάνης Iordanēs “Jordan” 8
• θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 7
• ἐμβαίνω embainō “to climb” 5
• πλοῖον ploion “boat” 6
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 7
• ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai “to go away” 5
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 6
• Γαλιλαία Galilaia “Galilee” 4
• πάλιν palin “again” 4
• Ἰουδαία Ioudaia “Judea” 3
• βαπτίζω baptizō “to baptize” 3
• ὅπου hopou “where(-ever)” 3

Key verses

The verses using peran that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:25 — And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
• Matthew 8:18 — Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
• Matthew 8:28 — And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce,…
• Mark 3:8 — And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did,…
• Mark 4:35 — And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
• Mark 6:45 — And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
• Mark 8:13 — And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
• Mark 10:1 — And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he…
• Luke 8:22 — Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And…
• John 3:26 — And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men…
• John 6:1 — After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
• John 18:1 — When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.